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Our 2025 Keynote speaker is BARB SMOOT, President & CEO of Women for Economic and Leadership Development (WELD), a national nonprofit that develops and advances women’s leadership and equips women with the skills and connections for career advancement and board service.
Barb is on the board of the Ohio Bar Liability Insurance Company where she is a member of the claims, nomination and audit committees. She chairs the Advisory Board of Western Governors University Ohio, a nonprofit online institution with over 5,000 enrolled students statewide and over 400,000 graduates at the national level.
An executive with a prior 20+ year career in financial services and past Fellow in the Society of Actuaries, Barb gained extensive experience in strategic planning, profit and loss center management, line responsibilities, product management and business development.
Barb is a 2020 YWCA Woman of Achievement. She earned a BA in Physics from Amherst College.
This is our 13th Annual Event. Barb was our very first Keynote speaker and we are thrilled to have her once again. Please join Barb, our team of presenters, and our amazing panelists for an encouraging, uplifting, and fun day. Enjoy a delicious catered lunch, awesome door prizes, our 2025 scholarship winner, and so much more. Reserve a table and receive a discount. You'll laugh, cry, be inspired, meet new people and have a day that you won't soon forget.
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